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Feeding heifers and cows in the same shed
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<blockquote data-quote="Princess Pooper" data-source="post: 7374154" data-attributes="member: 971"><p>We use a yard for calving heifers Aug/Sept and then bulling heifers in for the winter.</p><p></p><p>Loose yard with no scrape passage, just a feed barrier at the front (only used for hay/silage). We serve the bulling heifers for about 4 weeks sexed semen and then put the bull in - never ever had a problem with a lazy beef bull, but he only has max 25 heifers to go at and that would be if we had a total failure on the AI! Every heifer served once to natural heat, plus a few repeats, then enough appeared to be holding after about 28 days so in went the bull. Same as last year.</p><p></p><p>We have a mobile handling system (pen/race/yolk) and pop that in the yard on top of the bedding for bulling heifer vaccination booster/wormer/heat detection collar/rumen magnet in October and then serving in November. Take it down again when the bull goes in and before the straw starts to build up. Then we will pop it back in next month for TB testing, vaccination, PD before we turn them out. Most times, a bulling heifer can be run in by one person in most cases although there are usually 2 of us to do it. </p><p></p><p>Raised troughs in the yard for cake feeding the bulling heifers.</p><p></p><p>After turnout the handling system goes down to the field where the 7 month old calves are, for worming, final vaccinations, any extra attention they need, TB testing if we have to, they are used to it then when they are housed later in the autumn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Princess Pooper, post: 7374154, member: 971"] We use a yard for calving heifers Aug/Sept and then bulling heifers in for the winter. Loose yard with no scrape passage, just a feed barrier at the front (only used for hay/silage). We serve the bulling heifers for about 4 weeks sexed semen and then put the bull in - never ever had a problem with a lazy beef bull, but he only has max 25 heifers to go at and that would be if we had a total failure on the AI! Every heifer served once to natural heat, plus a few repeats, then enough appeared to be holding after about 28 days so in went the bull. Same as last year. We have a mobile handling system (pen/race/yolk) and pop that in the yard on top of the bedding for bulling heifer vaccination booster/wormer/heat detection collar/rumen magnet in October and then serving in November. Take it down again when the bull goes in and before the straw starts to build up. Then we will pop it back in next month for TB testing, vaccination, PD before we turn them out. Most times, a bulling heifer can be run in by one person in most cases although there are usually 2 of us to do it. Raised troughs in the yard for cake feeding the bulling heifers. After turnout the handling system goes down to the field where the 7 month old calves are, for worming, final vaccinations, any extra attention they need, TB testing if we have to, they are used to it then when they are housed later in the autumn. [/QUOTE]
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